Prized prospect Kris Bryant is in the majors. The Cubs added Bryant to the roster for Friday’s game against San Diego. Bryant is batting cleanup and playing third base against James Shields and the Padres. Bryant and agent Scott Boras made it clear they were not happy that he opened the season in the minors.
Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has apologized to the team and its fans and asked for privacy during his recovery from an undisclosed substance problem. Manziel released a statement through the Browns on Friday. Manziel was discharged last week following a 2 1/2-month stay. Manziel says he takes ”full responsibility for my actions” and he intends to ”work very hard to regain everyone’s trust and respect.” Manziel, who earned his ”Johnny
The attorney for NFL prospect Jameis Winston said the lawsuit filed against the former Florida State University quarterback by a woman who says he raped her is ”false” and a ”stunt.” David Cornwell said in written a statement Friday the lawsuit by former Florida State student Erica Kinsman was expected. He said her accusations have been rejected by police and Florida State. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, two weeks before
Adrian Peterson has been cleared to return to the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell sent the Minnesota Vikings star a letter on Thursday advising him of his reinstatement. Peterson missed most of last season while facing child abuse charges in Texas. Goodell wrote that Peterson will have to fulfill all the obligations of his plea deal that reduced a felony charge to a misdemeanor.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have fired head coach Craig Berube.
– When we recently reviewed the 2015 Audi A3 1.8T cabriolet, we concluded that its leather-lined, fashionably extroverted, dynamically adequate package made it the spiritual successor to the VW Cabriolets and E30 BMW 3-series convertibles that roamed college campuses at the behest of well-heeled coeds through the late 1980s and early ’90s. We’ve now strapped our test gear to the more powerful 2.0T version and discovered a slightly more grown-up
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– Failure to conquer the U.S. market could be the undoing of Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn if Ferdinand Piëch, the head of VW’s supervisory board, gets his way. Just last week, things looked splendid in Winterkorn’s world. With two years remaining on his contract as CEO, his eyes were firmly set on a subsequent five-year tenure as Piëch’s successor at the top of VW’s supervisory board. That world has
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– Remember when Dodge announced its slightly confusing but ultimately quite cool 1 of 1 custom-order program for the 2015 Viper SRT? Today you can begin acting out your most perverted Viper customization fantasies, because the online configurator for the burly sports car is now live, and it’s refreshingly free of limits. For starters, you’re free to create whatever color you damn well please, and for the most part, you
